Teaching multiple levels

[GaryGrzybek]

Hi all,

I have some questions for those of you that have been running large study groups for a while. When you conduct training sessions and have people with different levels of experience or none at all, how do you deal with this?

I usually begin with basic stuff like stances, cuts, warm up drills and such so the whole group can participate. I'm more concerned about getting into the complicated and difficult stuff where the new people will fall behind.

Should I break everyone into groups and conduct seperate activities? This has worked for us to some extent but I wondered if there were any other things to concider.

[John_Clements]

Hi G-man,
Match your seniors with juniors to work the basics together, but also separate them at other points and have youself instruct them in basics and monitor their progress. Use your seniors to demonstrate a higher level to work toward.

JC

[GaryGrzybek]

Thanks guys,

This is pretty much what I had in mind but just wanted to hear it from others.